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Edie Widder, co-founder of the Ocean Research and Conservation Association, speaks Thursday about the work her team has done in monitoring nitrogen, phosphorus and toxicity levels in the Indian River Lagoon at the facility.

FILE - Senior scientist Edith Widder of the Ocean Research & Conservation Association explains the function of the Kilroy water-monitoring device she is holding during a media event in 2011. The units were deployed in certain parts of the Indian River Lagoon.

She would never admit it, but as scientists go, Edie Widder is a rock star.